LOGINAfter thanking the officers, Louis checked the time—it was already half past nine.“Let’s head home. The temperature’s dropping; I don’t want anyone catching a cold.”Marcus stood still, muttering under his breath, “But Loraine’s favorite singer hasn’t even gone on yet…”Louis turned sharply toward
“He said he was thirsty, so I went to buy him a drink. I clearly told him not to move and when I got back, he was gone!”Loraine’s face went pale with worry. “Let’s look for him right now! I saw security guards and some police officers earlier. We can ask them for help!”The three of them forgot all
Mason, the quieter and more composed one, simply listened to the music, occasionally nodding along to the rhythm.The youngest, Manuel, was too short to see the stage at all, swallowed up by the crowd and left with nothing but the thundering music pounding in his ears.Before long, he got restless.
“Marcus, every time you sneak out, you use the same excuse,” Manuel said, crossing his arms. “Can’t you at least come up with something new?”Marcus froze. Loraine quickly jumped in with a smile. “Manuel, we really do have something serious to take care of this time. It’s boring stuff. You’d have w
“Raine, look, your fingers need to lift here, then drop cleanly. Watch my hand when I play.”In the Walker family’s grand music room, young Mason was patiently teaching Loraine how to play the piano.Sunlight streamed through the tall windows, half spilling over the glossy surface of the hundred-tho
Grace tried to lift her head, but she was too weak to manage even that small movement.A nurse quickly stepped forward and raised the head of the bed so that Grace only needed to lower her gaze to see the tiny baby in Laura’s arms.“A daughter… girls are so sweet,” Grace murmured, the words faint bu
"What?" Louis' expression stiffened.Adora smiled. "I said there was something between them, but you insisted it was impossible. Now it proves I was right."Louis caught on. "You mean... Laura slept with Nathan?""What are you talking about? They like each other and hit it off naturally." Adora c
That line—well, it wasn’t hard to figure out who it was aimed at.Nathan suddenly went quiet.Laura continued, “You can look down on that old guy all you want, but he came prepared. “He brought a contract to the date and said if I agreed to marry him, he’d give me a car, a house, designer bags, jew
Adora was caught off guard. "Your sister went to Westhaven?"She hadn’t heard a word about it.She figured Louis probably didn’t know either.He’d been so swamped lately, there was no way he had time to keep up with everything."Don’t play dumb," Ryan snapped. "If no one pushed her, she wouldn’t hav
Before Peter could finish, Laura turned and snapped, "What, you still care about Ruby? I heard you’re the reason she miscarried and lost her uterus. “Feeling sorry now? What a joke—those must be crocodile tears!"Louis spoke coldly, "Don’t know."Ever since the incident, all his attention had been







